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Whilst waiting on a late running diverted Freight, not only did I get a Grand Central Power Car running north, but I also got a 67 hauling a failed 225 set.
67024 is seen hauling the failed set through Prestonpans. The set consisted of an unidentified DVT and 91102. This was running as 5G22, Edinburgh Waverley to Bounds Green
2/1/16 at 1521
8F, 48431 had been dumped in the yard at Oakworth on the 9th December 1995, having failed on a Santa Special. It made quite a nice glint shot. I wonder whether we'll ever see it in traffic again.
After hearing the IAIS 513 might be leading CBBI I decided I would go to Utica, IL to catch it. Well I heard some radio traffic the dispatcher was talking to BNSF 7492 all I could say was crap I really said S@#T. But oh well this train BNSF CP and four NS unit's it's just something you don't expect on the IAIS. At least the picture came out alright. 7-4-14
The Cornwall brothers who established their ranch, "Ashcroft" in 1862, came originally from the village of Ashcroft in Gloucestershire, where their father had been vicar. When the CPR adopted the name Ashcroft for their station just east of the ranch (and what would become the townsite), the Cornwall's added "Manor" to the name of their home, making it Ashcroft Manor.
Ashcroft was founded in the 1860s, during the Cariboo Gold Rush, by two English brothers named Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall, founders of Ashcroft Ranch, who emigrated to Canada from Ashcroft, at Newington Bagpath in Gloucestershire. The brothers had originally come in search of gold; however, on hearing stories from failed gold searchers they decided to found the town to give future gold searchers a place to saddle their horses. They sold flour to packers and miners, helping to make the community. Ashcroft was a major stop for trains, where mining supplies were dropped off.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - ASHCROFT STATION, a post settlement and railroad depot on the C.P.R., in Yale co., B.C., about midway between Lytton and Kamloops, and 200 miles east of Vancouver. It is on the Thompson River, has a dry climate and light atmosphere, the surrounding district being excellent grazing land, on which much farming is done by irrigation and considerable stock raised. Ashcroft is the entrepot to the Cariboo district, via stage line to Barkerville, a distance of 287 miles. The village has a fine electric light plant and good water system; it has also 3 churches (Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist), 10 stores, 3 hotels, 1 bank, 1 saw mill, 1 printing and newspaper office ("Ashcroft Journal"), besides express and telegraph offices. The population in 1908 was 500.
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - Ashcroft - on the main line, C. P. R. and C. N. R., 204 miles east of Vancouver, in the Provincial Electoral District of Yale. Dominion and Canadian Northern Express. Altitude, 1,004 ft. Centre of the irrigated belt and noted particularly for its famous potatoes and beans. Stock-raising and mining. The population in 1918 was 500.
Ashcroft Station was an early settlement. Before the railway was established, Ashcroft Manor was a stopping point on the Cariboo Road. The post office was originally in the local store but was moved to the station. It was established - 1 March 1886. The name was shortened to Ashcroft - 1 April 1899.
LINK - History of the Postmasters and Postmistresses who served at Ashcroft - ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/PDF/Museum/August-2016.pdf
sent from - / ASHCROFT / AP 19 / 05 / B.C / - split ring cancel (second opening) - this split ring hammer (A-3 / 22.5 dia) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1904 - (RF A).
arrived at - / VANCOUVER / 12 / AP 20 / 05 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp
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Addressed to: Mrs. R.S. Pyke / 1114 Haro Street / Vancouver / B.C.
This postcard was sent by her husband Robert Samuel Pyke, who was a Commercial Traveller / Salesman.
Robert Samuel Pyke
(b. 29 April 1861 in East Camden, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada – d. 17 January 1927 at age 65 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
His wife - Kate Purdeaux
(b. 1861 in Belville, Ontario – d. 17 July 1945 at age 85 in Vancouver, B.C.)
They were married - 27 Jan 1886 at Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada - they had one son (who was mentioned in this postcard)
James Lorne Pyke
(b. 1 February 1894 in Vancouver, B.C. – d. 14 June 1973) his occupation was a Lawyer
The life story of Robert Samuel Pyke - (written in 1914) - ROBERT SAMUEL PYKE - One of the most widely known and popular traveling salesmen of British Columbia is Robert Samuel Pyke, representing the Gutta-percha & Rubber, Ltd. He has visited every section of the province and there is no man who has a more intimate knowledge of conditions and of the development and progress of this western section of the Dominion. He was born in Addington county, Ontario, April 30, 1861, a son of James and Martha (Stevenson) Pyke, both natives of Belfast, Ireland. The father was actively and successfully engaged in the shoe business in Addington county for many years, and in fact was identified with the shoe trade throughout his entire life. Both he and his wife passed away many years ago in Ontario. In the public schools of his native county Robert Samuel Pyke pursued his education to the age of fifteen years, when he entered his father's store, there continuing for a few years. In 1881 he came to Winnipeg and joined a surveying party, going thence to Portage la Prairie. From that point they walked to the present site of the town of Brandon, and Mr. Pyke has the distinction of having staked the first tent ever pitched by a white man on that townsite. He also helped to make a survey of the town, at which place the party arrived on the 26th of May, 1881. After spending the summer in Manitoba he went to Colorado, where he remained for one season, working in the shoe business. In the spring of 1882 he returned to Ontario, going to Kingston, out of which city he traveled as a salesman for leather and findings. Mr. Pyke continued in that business until 1890, when he came to Vancouver and joined his brother, J. A. Pyke, in the ownership and conduct of a retail shoe business. That association was maintained for twelve years, at the end of which time R. S. Pyke withdrew and associated himself with the Vancouver Rubber Company, Ltd., which on the first of January, 1913, was reorganized under the name of the Gutta-percha & Rubber, Ltd. Since becoming connected with the Vancouver Rubber Company he has traveled throughout the province from the international boundary to the Alaskan line and from the Alberta border to the Pacific coast. He covers this entire province twice yearly, and few men have known this vast area better in its primitive state and throughout, its various stages of development and advancement than Mr. Pyke. He is popular with the many patrons whom he has won for the corporation which he represents and is everywhere regarded as an enterprising, alert and progressive business man a splendid representative of commercial interests. In Kingston, Ontario, on the 27th of January, 1886, Mr. Pyke was united in marriage to Miss Kate Perdaux, of Belleville, Ontario, and they have one son, J. Loren, now a law student in the office of Burns & Walkem. The parents are active and faithful members of the Wesley Methodist church, of which Mr. Pyke is one of the board of governors. He has always been a conservative, active in politics and municipal affairs. In Vancouver he was made chairman of Ward Conservative Association and has since filled the intermediate offices until he is now president of the Vancouver Conservative Association for 1913. He is now serving his fourth year as a member of the board of license commissioners, during the first two years as a government appointee and during the last two by election of the people. His public record is most commendable, indicating his devotion to the general welfare and his loyalty to all that works for the betterment of city and province. He is also widely known in fraternal circles. Since 1891 he has been a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and has ever taken an active part in the work of that society. He was first elected high chief ranger of the high court of British Columbia and was active in its formation. He represented this province at two supreme court conventions, one at Los Angeles, California, in 1898, and the other in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1902. He is a typical representative of his age and district. He carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes and as the years go by his labors have been effective forces for success not only in business lines but in behalf of municipal advancement and general improvement.
its not that i didn't want to finish it but well the legs were disproportional and to top it off it fell and ...well... broke :/ luckily i did make partial instructions but i give up..for now
Epic fail Guess this shot is what you can describe with "epic fail". Was out with my cam the night before to do some street shots and had it configured for ISO6400. The day after I went with my tripod to the woods next to my office to get some nice shots and recognised at home all my shots had been taken with ISO6400 :( Noise is there, but nevertheless I like this shot. Shot taken with #xpro2 and #xf23 1.4 Wish you all the best! Processed in #Lightroom using #vsco #ektachrome64T++ color curve and #classicchrome camera profile. Instagram: ift.tt/2cgftuS Facebook: ift.tt/2cegMFT via 500px ift.tt/2pKX6Ej
Diana+ und ein Fuji Superia Iso 100. Negativscan. Man, da ist so einiges schief gelaufen :D Nina Hagen: Farbfilm
february 26, 2012
i hate the hand and all the left part of the pic to be honest but whatever the eyes were so hypnotising
in this photo: me.
self timer, please press L
It's been a full and interesting week of work, today will be the 5th photo-shoot of the week, and each one a very different subject. Back on Tuesday i did a location shoot with the band "When Prophecy Fails"
Had a great time shooting with these guys, if you do facebook, head over to www.facebook.com/WhenProphecyFails?fref=ts and give them a LIKE.
Shot a lot of different styles, not sure yet which one they will choose as the cover for their new EP, you can see all the choices (around 150 shots) in the 'galleries' section of my website.
Might try and set up a little facebook vote for it this evening, if anyone has done something like that before and has any tips?
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Even if we may fail, we will try. Regardless of what anyone says, it is better to live life the way we want.
Neubabelsberg ist eine nach der Gründung des Deutschen Kaiserreiches entstandene und seit 1939 zu Potsdam gehörende Villenkolonie. Sie erstreckt sich vom S-Bahnhof Griebnitzsee entlang des Griebnitzsees bis an den ehemals kaiserlichen Garten Park Babelsberg mit dem darin befindlichen Schloss Babelsberg. Die Societät Neubabelsberg der Architekten Hermann Ende und Wilhelm Böckmann schuf ab 1871 zwischen der heutigen Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße und dem Park Babelsberg ein neues Siedlungsgebiet wohlhabender Potsdamer und Berliner. Das Gebiet wurde in 176 Parzellen aufgeteilt, von denen die teuersten Wasserparzellen 20–25 m breit und 80–110 m tief waren. Als Ausgleich waren die landseitigen Grundstücke 40 m breit und 90 m tief. In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurden viele jüdische Neubabelsberger zur Emigration genötigt, ermordet oder auf anderem Wege in den Tod getrieben. Die durch Emigration frei gewordenen Häuser wurden unter Wert verkauft oder von nationalsozialistischen Organisationen genutzt. Auch viele bekannte Filmstars zogen in die Villen. Andererseits wurde in der Villa der Familie von Tresckow 1944 vom Kreis um Henning von Tresckow und Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg die Bombe für das Attentat auf Adolf Hitler gebaut.
Während der Potsdamer Konferenz im Schloss Cecilienhof 1945 wohnten in Neubabelsberg die Verhandlungsführer Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin und Harry Truman. Die Villen, in denen die drei Staatsmänner zu dieser Zeit wohnten, sind noch heute nach ihnen benannt.
Mit dem Bau der Berliner Mauer im Jahr 1961 wurde Neubabelsberg vom Griebnitzsee durch Grenzanlagen am Ufer abgeschnitten. Der Bahnhof Griebnitzsee wurde zu einem stark abgeschirmten Grenzbahnhof.
Nach Gründung der DEFA wurden – von 1954 bis teilweise ins Jahr 2000 – einige Villen in Neubabelsberg von der heutigen Filmuniversität , bevor diese ihren Neubau in der Medienstadt Babelsberg neben den
Filmstudios erhielt.
Die Stadt Potsdam hatte eigentlich geplant, den früheren Postenweg der DDR-Grenztruppen entlang des Griebnitzsees als öffentlichen Wanderweg zu erhalten. Aber, vielleicht auch wegen noch mangelnder Erfahrung mit den Rechtsnormen der Bundesrepublik, hatte das Stadtparlament versäumt, einen entsprechenden rechtsverbindlichen Beschluss zu schaffen. Und so war bei der Rückübertragung der Grundstücke an die ursprünglichen Eigentümer bzw. deren Nachkommen auch der Uferstreifen mit zurückgegeben worden. Nur wenige Eigentümer haben seither der Stadt den Uferstreifen zur Verfügung gestellt, sodass ein durchgehender Wanderweg nicht angelegt werden konnte, es gibt nur wenige Stellen, wo man punktuell zum Ufer hinuntergelangen kann.
Quelle für die Informationen: Wikipedia
Neubabelsberg is a villa colony that came into being after the founding of the German Empire in 1871 and has belonged to Potsdam since 1939. It stretches from the Griebnitzsee suburban train station along Lake Griebnitzsee to the former imperial garden of Babelsberg Park with its Babelsberg Palace. The Societät Neubabelsberg of the architects Hermann Ende and Wilhelm Böckmann created a new residential area for wealthy Potsdamers and Berliners from 1871 onwards. The area was divided into 176 plots, of which the most expensive waterfront plots were 20-25 m wide and 80-110 m deep. To compensate, the landward plots were 40 m wide and 90 m deep. During the Nazi era, many Jewish Neubabelsbergers were forced to emigrate, murdered or otherwise driven to their deaths. The houses freed up by emigration were sold below value or used by Nazi organisations. Many famous film stars also moved into the villas. On the other hand, the bomb for the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler was built in the villa of the von Tresckow family in 1944 by the circle around Henning von Tresckow and Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg.
During the Potsdam Conference in Cecilienhof Palace in 1945, the negotiators Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin and Harry Truman lived in Neubabelsberg. The villas in which the three statesmen lived at that time are still named after them today.
When the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, Neubabelsberg was cut off from Griebnitzsee by border fortifications on the shore. Griebnitzsee station became a heavily screened border station.
After DEFA was founded, several villas in Neubabelsberg were used by today's Film University "Konrad Wolf" from 1954 until 2000, before it moved to a new building in the Babelsberg Media City next to the film studios.
The city of Potsdam had actually planned to preserve the former post path of the GDR border troops along Lake Griebnitzsee as a public hiking trail. But, perhaps also due to a lack of experience with the legal norms of the Federal Republic, the city parliament had failed to create a legally binding resolution to this effect. And so, when the land was transferred back to the original owners or their descendants, the riparian strip was also returned. Since then, only a few owners have made the riparian strip available to the city, so that a continuous hiking trail could not be created; there are only a few places where one can get down to the shore at certain points.
Source of the information: Wikipedia
sooc (it looked a lot better on my camera, though..)
Not too sure what's going on in this picture, but i kind of like it.
I was tagged! By that silly bitch, Sarah ;D (And also J. Sebastian)
"This is how it goes. List 10 things that your friends may or may not know about you, but that are true. Tag ten people and be sure to let them know they’ve been tagged (a quick message will do). Don’t forget to link back to the person who tagged you. Post a picture in your stream with the 10 facts and list your tagged people :)"
- I've never had an ice cream headache/brain freeze/ whatever it's called. I've tried, but it doesn't work!
- I lie down on the lawn and watch the cloud shapes quite often <3
- I love the rain. I love jumping in puddles. My friends get really pissed off when I splash them.
- I've always wanted an older brother!
- I've never met my closest friends.
- I'm scared of the dark. But more when I'm inside than when i'm outside? It's weird.
- I hate crying.
- I want a pet dinosaur.
- I don't understand American. Why can't people just speak kiwi gosh.
- I don't have a cell phone. I hate texting, too!
I tag,
www.flickr.com/photos/azalcala052/
www.flickr.com/photos/jadealexandria/
Half of them have been tagged by other people, ah well, thought that counts.
Explore #186
Surprise, a GWR Class 3800...
And I’m not happy with it so far. I’ve run out of pieces and inspiration to keep going. The proportions aren’t there and I can’t master the shaping of the boiler...
But, I think I know what I’m going to change it into... #streamlined
This just made my day :D
Ok, I admit. It was a cruel joke.
But it still was funny as hell :DD
Note: mixing Ammonia and bleach creates toxic chlorine gas. I don't syggest trying this ;)
31 180 heads east up the main line at South Stoke with a failed DMU set. Earlier in the day the loco had taken over 2V62, the 1105 Weymouth - Swindon at Westbury, so presumably was taking the DMU for maintenance, possibly at Reading
I may have failed this year but next year I will be back and ready to SHIP!
I have learned a few valuable lessons from this year and from my first (still in progress) SHIP:-
1) Dedicate a few extra days (not just weekends, like this time) to actual building!
2) Have my collection sorted and ready to go, BEFORE September (I lost at least a day and a half sorting bricks so that I could find things).
3) Use LDD to sketch out ideas early in the process (rather than the more hit and miss 'start building and see what happens' method that I used this year) so that I know what I am working with and aiming for, and tied to this......
4)..... work out earlier the bricks I need from Bricklink so that I don't end up having to make important but late orders (which shot me in the foot this year - I am still waiting for my final order to come!!)
5) Maybe ease back on the play function details :-s As much as I love to add them, it does take me time to sort them out and get them working (I spent waaay too much time on my harpoons this year!)
6) Make sure that I get involved next time and have at least as much fun as I had this year! Even though I didn't finish in time, I have really loved the whole vibe of SHIPtember. It has certainly given my building a much needed boost and it has been great seeing everyone get fired up about building SHIPs and turning out some outstanding creations (even the unfinished ones!)
Are there any more months with building challenges? I know that we are now in MA.Ktober, but I am not sure I can do that one :-s Perhaps GARC does need a month? (even though it is still badass!)
IF, THEN, AND THE ATHEIST DILEMMA.
All scientific theories are based on ‘if’ and ‘then’. The proposition being; IF such a thing is so, THEN we can expect certain effects to be evident.
For example: there are only two competing alternatives for the origin/first cause of everything.
A natural, first cause, OR a supernatural, first cause.
Atheists believe in a natural, first cause.
Theists believe in a supernatural, first cause.
IF the first cause is natural, THEN progressive evolution of the universe (cosmos) and life are deemed to be expected, even essential.
Conversely, IF the first cause is supernatural, THEN an evolutionary scenario of the cosmos and/or life is not required, not probable, but not impossible.
In other words, while evolution, and an enormous, time frame are perceived as absolutely essential for atheist naturalism, theism could (perhaps reluctantly) accept evolution and/or a long, time frame as possible in a creation scenario.
Crucially, if the evidence doesn’t stack up for cosmic evolution, biological evolution, and a long evolutionary time frame, atheist naturalism is perceived to fail.
For atheism, evolution is an Achilles heel. Atheists have an ideological commitment to a natural origin of everything from nothing - which, if it were possible, would essentially require both cosmic and biological evolution and a vast timescale.
Consequently, atheist scientists can never be genuinely objective in assessing evidence. Only theist scientists can be truly objective.
However, the primary Achilles heel for atheist naturalism is its starting proposition.
Because the ‘IF’ proposal of a natural, first cause, is fatally flawed, the subsequent ‘THEN’ is a non sequitur.
The atheist ‘IF’ (a natural, first cause) is logically impossible according to the laws of nature, because all natural entities are contingent, temporal and temporary.
In other words:
All natural entities depend on an adequate cause.
All natural entities have a beginning.
And all natural entities are subject to entropy.
Whereas a first cause MUST be non-contingent, infinite and eternal.
But, just suppose we ignore this insurmountable obstacle and, for the sake of argument, assume that the ‘THEN’ which follows from the atheist ‘IF’ proposition of a natural, first cause is worth considering.
We realise that both cosmic and biological evolution are still not possible as NATURAL occurrences.
The law of cause and effect tells us that whatever caused the universe (whether it evolved or not) could not be inferior, in any way, to the sum total of the universe.
An effect cannot be greater than its cause.
So, we know that cosmic evolution from nothing could not happen naturally.
That traps atheists in an impossible, catch 22 situation, by supporting cosmic evolution, they are supporting something which could not happen naturally, according to natural laws.
It doesn’t get any better with biological evolution, in fact it gets worse. The Law of Biogenesis (which has never been falsified) rules out the spontaneous generation of life from sterile matter. Atheists choose to ignore this firmly established law and have, perversely, invented their own law (abiogenesis), which says the exact opposite. However, their cynical disregard for laws of nature, ironically, fails to solve their problem.
Crucially ...
An origin of life, arising of its own volition from sterile matter, conditions permitting (abiogenesis), would require an inherent predisposition/potential of matter to automatically develop life.
The atheist dilemma here is; where does such an inherent predisposition to automatically produce life come from? In a purposeless universe, which arose from nothing, how could matter have acquired such a potential or property?
A predisposed potential for spontaneous generation of life would require a purposeful creation (some sort of blueprint/plan for life intrinsic to matter). So, by advocating abiogenesis, atheists are unintentionally supporting a purposeful creation.
Following on from that, we also realise that abiogenesis requires an initial input of constructive, genetic information. Information Theory tells us; there is no NATURAL means by which such information can arise of its own accord in matter.
Then there is the problem of the law of entropy (which derives from the Second Law of Thermodynamics). How can abiogenesis defy that law? The only way that order can increase is by an input of guided energy. Raw energy has the opposite effect. What could possibly direct or guide the energy to counter the natural effects of entropy?
Dr James Tour - 'The Origin of Life'
Suppose we are stupid enough to ignore all this and we carry on speculating further by proposing a progressive, microbes-to-human evolution (Darwinism).
Starting with the limited, genetic information in the first cell (which originated how, and from where? nobody knows). The only method of increasing that original information is through a long, incremental series of beneficial mutations (genetic, copying MISTAKES). Natural selection cannot produce new information, it simply selects from existing information.
Proposing mistakes as a mechanism for improvement is not sensible. In fact, it is completely bonkers. Billions of such beneficial mutations would be required to transform microbes into humans and every other living thing.
Once again, it would need help from a purposeful creator.
So, we can conclude that the atheist ‘IF’, of a natural, first cause, is not only a non-starter, but also every ‘THEN’, which would essentially arise from that proposal, ironically supports the theist ‘IF’.
Consequently ...
If you don't believe in cosmic evolution you (obviously) support a creator.
If you do believe in cosmic evolution you (perhaps unintentionally) also support a creator.
And...
If you don’t believe in abiogenesis and biological evolution, you (obviously) support a creator.
If you do believe in abiogenesis and biological evolution you (perhaps unintentionally) also support a creator.
Conclusion:
The inevitable and amazing conclusion is that everyone (intentionally or unintentionally) supports the existence of a creator, whatever scenario they propose for the origin of the universe.
No one can devise an origin scenario for the universe that doesn’t require a Creator. That is a fact, whether you like it or not!
The Bible correctly declares:
Only the fool in his heart says there is no God.
Theists have no ideological need to be dogmatic. Unlike atheists, they can assess all the available scientific evidence objectively. Because a long timescale, and even an evolutionary scenario, in no way disproves a creator. In fact, as I have already explained, a creator would still be essential to enable: cosmic evolution, the origin of life, and microbes-to-human evolution. Whereas, both a long timescale and biological evolution are deemed essential to (but are no evidence for) the beliefs of atheist naturalism.
Atheist scientists are hamstrung by their own preconceptions.
It is impossible for atheists to be objective regarding any evidence. They are forced by their own ideological commitment to make dogmatic assumptions. It is unthinkable that atheists would even consider any interpretation of the evidence, other than that which they perceive (albeit erroneously) to support naturalism. They force science into a straitjacket of their own making.
All scientific hypotheses/theories about past events, that no one witnessed, rely on assumptions. None can be claimed as FACT.
The biggest assumption of all, and one that is logically and scientifically unsustainable, is the idea of a natural, first cause. If this is your starting assumption, then everything that follows is flawed.
The new atheist nonsense, is simply the old, pagan nonsense of naturalism in a new guise.
Dr James Tour - 'The Origin of Life' - Abiogenesis decisively refuted.
youtu.be/B1E4QMn2mxk
The poison in our midst - progressive politics.
For the second time in a week ( first was Monday 31st October ) the Colas operated Oxwellmains - Aberdeen Cement working, 6A65, failed and was looped at Drem. It was the same loco on both days as failed 60021 sits in the Down Loop at Drem on Wednesday 2nd November 2016 awaiting a rescue loco to come from Oxwellmains.
This shot had to be taken from the car park as the shot from the platform had the signal on the Down Main obscuring the loco.
2/11/16 at 0810